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Date:	Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:37:55 -0700
From:	"Andrew G. Morgan" <morgan@...nel.org>
To:	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@...il.com>
CC:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bugfix: was Re: [ linus-git ] prctl(PR_SET_KEEPCAPS,
 ...) is broken for some configs, e.g. CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX

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Chris Wright wrote:
|> +	switch (option) {
|> +	case PR_CAPBSET_READ:
|> +		*rc_p = (cap_valid(arg2) ? 1 : -EINVAL);
|> +		break;
|
| Do we need this one?  It's new to 2.6.25, so I think we could not
| worry about emulating it here.

We're talking about 'fixing' 2.6.26 no? I'd rather not open up the
possibility that I have to 'fix' it again because of dropping a feature
of 2.6.25... (Forgive me if I sound like I'm climbing out of a septic
tank here.)

Dmitry: please verify this change addresses your problem...

Cheers

Andrew
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